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mordacity
noun
[ mɔːˈdasɪti ]
• biting sarcasm or invective.
• "such panache and gleeful mordacity in his phrasing"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French mordacité or Latin mordacitas, from mordax, mordac- ‘biting’ (see mordacious).
